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'Sorry about being so long winded in my venting.'

Crikey mate, don't apologise; I know exactly where you're coming from.
Several times over the course of the last couple of years we've both felt so down that we've wished we'd never started this project.
We're now in the New Plymouth District Council zone, the last place we built was in the South Taranaki Council zone. Our Building Inspector in Sth Tki was a practical bloke, at the final walk through for Code of Compliance, he fond several thing that needed some tinkering to comply. He gave us a list, said "I won't have to come out again, do the jobs, send me a photo of the changes, and I'll tick you off."
So that's what we did. No problems.
The NP Inspector came out to inspect for CoC, found one fault, told us to rectify it, we did, he has twenty working days in which to come and check that it's done, he would arrive on the twentieth day, tick it off, then carry on his inspection until he found the next fault, which he would tell us to rectify.
It would take him another twenty working days (four weeks,) to come and recheck.
Then he would carry on his inspection until he found the next fault...
And we're paying for every visit and reinspection.
I was all for thumping the bastard.
The builder told me to stay away and he'd handle it.
"You'll be arrested and charged with 'Assaulting an Officer in the Execution of his Duty,' and you'll finish up with a criminal conviction and be unable to travel."
So I stayed out of it.

Sometimes I think it would've been worth it.

Why couldn't he have done just one inspection, found all the faults and given us a list?
F*****g bureaucrats!

And I think you've done the right think by being independent with water and sewerage.